The National Labour Commission (NLC) has secured an interlocutory injunction stopping the ongoing strike by the Technical University Senior Administrators Association of Ghana (TUSAAG).
“It is hereby ordered that the respondents herein, their executive officers, members, agents, servants, employees and other persons are to call off their strike effective 14th January 2020 for a 10 day period,” the order from the Labour Division of the High Court stated.
The court also stated that NLC has the liberty to re-apply for the injunction to be extended after the expiration of the 10-day period. NLC also secured an injunction preventing members of the Technical University Teachers Association of Ghana’s (TUTAG) from continuing with their strike.
TUSAAG declared an indefinite strike effective January 8, 2020, over unpaid allowances claiming that the amount received by its members in December 2019 was below allowances paid to colleagues in other public universities.
Although the NLC had earlier directed the union to return to work, TUSAAG insisted that the strike will be in effect until the government complies with the Commission’s ruling to pay its members the agreed allowances.
On October 18th, 2019, leaders of TUSAAG declared an indefinite strike due to government’s failure to address their concerns.
Key among these is their base pay in line with their new status as university staff and not polytechnic staff.
But on November 4th, 2019, TUSAAG reviewed its decision to call off the strike after a meeting with the National Labour Commission (NLC) and the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC).
Source:Fiilafmonline/CitiNews
